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`Paper No. 24
`Entered: March 7, 2018
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_______________
`
`BRECKENRIDGE PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Case IPR2017-01592
`Patent 8,410,131 B2
`_______________
`
`
`Before SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, ROBERT A. POLLOCK, and
`JACQUELINE T. HARLOW, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`
`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Charlotte Jacobsen and Susanne L. Flanders
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`
`
`Patent Owner filed motions for pro hac vice admission of Charlotte Jacobsen
`(Paper 19) and Susanne L. Flanders (Paper 20). The motions are supported by the
`declarations of Ms. Jacobsen (Ex. 2021) and Ms. Flanders (Ex. 2022). On page 1
`of each motion, Patent Owner avers that Petitioner does not oppose the motions.
`
`

`

`IPR2017-01592
`Patent 8,410,131 B2
`
`The Board has reviewed the submissions and determined that the
`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 have been met and there is good cause to admit
`Ms. Jacobsen and Ms. Flanders pro hac vice.
`
`It is, therefore,
`
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motions for admission of Charlotte
`Jacobsen and Susanne L. Flanders pro hac vice is granted;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jacobsen and Ms. Flanders are authorized
`to represent Patent Owner only as back-up counsel in the instant proceeding;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a registered
`practitioner represent it as lead counsel for the instant proceeding;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jacobsen and Ms. Flanders shall comply
`with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jacobsen and Ms. Flanders shall be subject
`to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s
`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101-11.901.
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`

`

`IPR2017-01592
`Patent 8,410,131 B2
`
`PETITIONER:
`Daniel R. Evans
`Melissa M. Hayworth
`Jeffrey D. Blake
`MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.
`devans@merchantgould.com
`mhayworth@merchantgould.com
`jblake@merchantgould.com
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`Nicholas N. Kallas
`Laura K. Fishwick
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
`nkallas@fchs.com
`lfishwick@fchs.com
`ZortressAfinitorIPR@fchs.com
`
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